Nafe (Kwamera)

v.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v

Speaker: Martial wahe

v

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a

Speaker: Martial wahe

v

Speaker: Martial wahe

v.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive marcher en descente

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n port

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v deprouser le jardin.

(Bislama) brasem new garen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[ianarɨm]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Rhyothemis phyllis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey, License: CC-BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus fulviflamma via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

(Bislama) Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Used for kastom ceremonies as it has a large bundle of tubers

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

(Bislama) kon

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus howlandi via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[konparɨm]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

num

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n bombe de lave

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n piste

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n coucher de la lune

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

adj

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by mdekool / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps longirostris sandwichensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwas naniki:ri] n.

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Elatostema, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. . Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: 1. During good weather it is considered taputo cut this plant. If one does do so, bad weather is expected to happen.

Scientific name: Collospermum montanum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.

Scientific name: Ocimum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nuk]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mon coude

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. semi-inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n nombril

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus longipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n marée haute

Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mon oesophage

Speaker: Martial wahe

n route

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ma cheville

Speaker: Wahe

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Eskar

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tiki nau] n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

je dorme

(Bislama) mi silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe